It’s your child’s day, not yours

WHEN Bláthnaid Ní Chofaigh’s son, Comhghal, made his First Holy Communion, he wanted to look like James Bond.

“We got him the tuxedo. If it’s not going to be a ridiculous price, give them what they want. Life’s too short,” says the TV presenter, who is voicing a new two-part RTÉ series, Communion Day. This tells the stories of eight families preparing for the landmark day.

In programme one, the Cronins, from Cork, wonder whether eight-year-old Laoise, who has spina bifida, will be able to walk up the aisle to receive First Holy Communion.